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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Primetals Technologies Usa Llc, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas C. Wojtkowski, Jr., Sutton, MA (US);
Peter N. Osgood, Westborough, MA (US);
PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
An oil film bearing for rotatably supporting a roll in a rolling mill is provide that includes a sleeve having an internal bore and an external spherical surface, the internal bore being configured and dimensioned for axial insertion onto a neck of the roll. A bushing includes an internal spherical surface configured and dimensioned to surround and rotatably contain the external spherical surface of the sleeve, the bushing being subdivided into multiple interconnected segments. A chock for containing and radially supporting the interconnected bushing segments.